| Brownfields 2011 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
* Southern Carolina Regional Development Alliance, Fairfax, SC
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. Under this law, EPA
provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through four competitive grant programs: assessment
grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and
job training grants. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Southern Carolina Regional Development Alliance
was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
The Alliance is a nonprofit economic development
organization formed to market sites in four southern
South Carolina counties: Allendale, Bamberg,
Barnwell, and Hampton. The site to be cleaned up is
located in the Town of Fairfax in Allendale County
(population 11,211). In the 1940s, the construction of
Highway 301 brought a valuable tourist trade to
Allendale County's economy. Later, the building of
interstate highways hurt the county's economy as
businesses left Highway 301. Over the last two decades,
the textile industry throughout the state has significantly
declined as textile manufacturers moved jobs to other
countries. Almost 42 percent of the county's families
live below the poverty level, and nearly 20 percent of
residents are unemployed. Approximately 71 percent of
county residents are African-American. Cleanup of the
target site is expected to make the property more
attractive to developers. The county plans to redevelop
the property into warehouse, light industrial, or
commercial space.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Southern Carolina Regional
Development Alliance for a brownfields cleanup
grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be used
to clean up the 27-acre former Shaw Industries
property at 3405 Allendale Fairfax Highway in
Fairfax. From 1963 until 2001, the site was used by
various carpet manufacturers. After 2001, the site
was used for the storage of textile chemicals and is
now vacant. Groundwater and soils at the site are
contaminated with chlorinated solvents and heavy
metals.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8792
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http: //www. epa.gov/region4/waste/bf)
Grant Recipient: Southern Carolina Regional
Development Alliance,SC
803-541-0023
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
E PA 560-F-128-062
May 11
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